Chapter 315 Christmas Eve
December 24th, Christmas Eve.
Since Christmas Eve and Christmas are both popular holidays, it is best to make reservations in advance at some restaurants in Hangzhou.
Lin Lu was familiar with this.
She has to book birthday restaurants early in recent years, otherwise they are hard to get. For those who were born on a holiday, this may be one of the troubles.
Many girls would choose restaurants that look good in photos when celebrating their birthdays. Even a girl like Lin Lu is no exception in this regard.
What's more, she is a person who is keen on recording her life, likes taking photos and writing diaries.
Girls may even secretly agree on the same clothing color in order to look good in group photos.
So that it won't look messy.
They will not feel tired because of this. On the contrary, they will enjoy it because of the sense of ritual.
In the morning, Lin Lu woke up from bed early, full of energy.
She was so excited that she couldn't sleep last night.
Of course, she wasn't excited about her birthday, but purely because of her special plans for today.
Last night, she did not stay at Xinhang Apartment, but went home specially.
She wanted to go home to get her new clothes, and at the same time, she wanted to "steal" a few bottles of red wine from her father's wine cabinet.
Father Lin is a person who likes to collect various famous wines, such as various precious red wines, and some special Moutai, Wuliangye, etc.
However, he himself doesn't actually drink much.
Many men who make money always behave strangely when they reach middle age and always develop some expensive hobbies.
For example, collecting wine, collecting jade, collecting beads, collecting various precious woods
After Lin Lu took two bottles of red wine from the wine cabinet, he took a picture and sent it to his father before leaving.
"Dad, I stole your two bottles of wine."
Father Lin was already in the company. He was a little amused when he received the WeChat message: "You really know how to choose. You only choose the expensive ones."
"Ah? Is it expensive? I see you just bought it. I haven't touched the ones you bought for several years."
"It's okay, take it and drink it with your friends. Remember to bring the bottle back after you're done," he said.
“Okay!”
After doing all this, Lin Lu planned to go out.
She has another class to attend in the afternoon, and after class she will go to the barber shop with Shen Qingning to wash her hair and get a hairstyle.
When she drove to the Polytechnic University, she found that there were many stalls selling apples outside the school today.
Oh, today they should be called peace apples.
The Chinese have an innate ability, which is to make foreign festivals have a local flavor.
There is no such thing as the peace apple abroad.
Of course, with the popularity of iPhones, some girls are no longer satisfied with just receiving an apple on Christmas Eve.
"Buy one for Cheng Zhu!" This thought immediately popped up in Lin Lu's mind.
In her memory, when she was in school, many boys and girls would give each other peace apples on this day.
Moreover, since the movie "You Are the Apple of My Eye" became a hit in mainland China in 2012, apples have taken on a different meaning for adolescent boys and girls because of a classic line in the movie:
"[You are the apple of my eye]."
This sentence is also the English name of this movie.
After the movie was released, it seems that many people changed their signatures to this sentence.
It means that you are the most precious thing in my eyes.
Lin Lu got off the car and chose an apple gift box at a middle-aged woman's stall.
Of all the stalls, hers is the most exquisite.
"Beauty, is this a gift for a friend or a boyfriend?" the middle-aged woman began to promote enthusiastically.
She's so pretty, and she got out of a Land Rover. She definitely won't think it's expensive and she definitely won't bargain with me.
Her words made Lin Lu feel embarrassed.
"Oh, yes, I also need to buy one for Ningning. I bought one for her last year." She thought to herself that she had actually forgotten about Ningning.
With this thought in mind, the rich woman decided to buy one for everyone who would eat there today.
What is worrying is not the lack of wealth but the inequality. It doesn't feel good to get my friends together and only buy two apple gift boxes.
"Auntie, give me eight boxes." The rich woman didn't even ask the price.
The middle-aged woman's eyes immediately lit up.
But in the end, Lin Lu still bargained with her, and with his superb bargaining skills, the total price was reduced by 12 yuan, which was equivalent to rounding off the decimal point.
For this, she was very proud: "I am so awesome!"
The middle-aged woman was smug: "I made a killing!"
She enthusiastically helped Lin Lu put the apple gift box into the trunk.
The energetic girl carefully selected two of the reddest and largest apples and prepared to give them to Cheng Zhu and Shen Qingning respectively.
After doing all this, she returned to the driver's seat and drove into the campus.
Two minutes later, another Land Rover stopped in front of the stall.
The middle-aged woman looked up and saw an equally beautiful girl.
It’s just that the one who just left looked cuter and easier to get along with. The girl in front of him had a cold temperament and a strong aura, which made people a little afraid to take the initiative to talk to her.
The lady with impeccable legs squatted down and looked at the remaining apple gift boxes on the stall.
"Beauty, is this a gift for your friend or your boyfriend?" the middle-aged woman used the same rhetoric.
Hearing this, Shen Qingning raised her eyes and glanced at her.
Then, a hint of hesitation appeared in her eyes.
In the end, she didn't ask the price and just said, "Boss, I want four."
She bought the apple gift boxes to give to Lin Lu and Cheng Zhu.
But she and Lin Lu are still different.
Lin Lu felt embarrassed to buy only for Ningning and Cheng Zhu. After all, it was her birthday today and her friends might bring her gifts.
The tsundere girl couldn't just send Cheng a gift box.
She couldn't take this step in her heart.
So, she chose to buy one for Shen Minglang and Jiang Wanzhou who were also coming to dinner tonight.
This way, it can be given to him naturally.
Her behavior was very much like someone who wanted to hug one person without revealing it at the graduation ceremony, but ended up hugging the entire class.
It's just like some people who want to buy a bottle of drink or an ice cream for someone in their heart, but end up buying a lot and buying one for everyone.
Some people's love is like this, hidden in the shell.
It's just that some people are because of inferiority, some are because of timidity, some are because of shyness, and some are because of arrogance.
It depends on the person.
At this moment, after paying the money, the middle-aged woman said to Shen Qingning: “Beauty, please choose, which four boxes do you want?”
Shen Qingning nodded slightly, picked out two apples that looked the best, and said, "This box, and this box, and you can help me take the other two boxes."
"Okay." The middle-aged woman helped her put it into the bag.
Business is so good today!
And so she watched the second Land Rover drive away.
After Shen Qingning left, the vendors around her cast envious glances at the middle-aged woman.
"Sister Yang, your business is very good today. You sold twelve boxes in just a few minutes!"
These people think it is easy to make money from young people, so they come to sell at the gates of universities.
It was very cold in Hangzhou at the end of December, but they were extremely eager to make money.
Apple is making huge profits today!
As long as the gift box is exquisite and beautifully decorated, the profit will be outrageous.
Sister Yang looked at the two stalls nearby. She thought her gift boxes were the most exquisite and should sell the best. This was a matter of course, but she still had to be humble.
"Good luck, good luck."
The three vendors sat together and chatted.
"Those two girls just now were so pretty!"
"Well, each has its own beauty."
"Such a good-looking college student should have a lot of apples to harvest today, right?"
"Yeah, I don't know who they bought it for."
"If I were these two girls, I wouldn't buy it. Anyway, there will definitely be boys giving me apples today. If I really want to give apples to others, I can also give them as gifts!"
"Hahaha!"
To be honest, the three of them have been setting up the stall here for quite some time, and there are indeed more boys than girls buying apples.
And much more!
This actually reflects some problems.
It is rare to see two girls buying so many apple gift boxes at one time, as if they were here to purchase goods.
What's more, in the eyes of the three aunts, they look like fairies.
I don’t know who they bought it for.
As the three aunts chatted, time moved forward five minutes.
The third Land Rover stopped in front of Sister Yang's stall.
Just as two beauties left, a handsome guy came.
A boy wearing a black turtleneck sweater and a dark gray coat got out of the car, looked down at the apple gift box on Sister Yang's stall, and frowned slightly.
"Boss, your apples are a little small." Cheng Zhu said.
Among the three stalls, this stall has the most exquisite gift boxes. The other two stalls are not to his liking at all and he is totally not willing to give them away, okay?
Sister Yang muttered in her heart: "That's because all the big ones have been picked."
But she definitely wouldn't say that these were leftovers. She could only say, "Not small, not small."
Then, Sister Yang started to sell enthusiastically again. Her opening words were the same as before. She first asked the customer what he wanted: "Handsome guy, are you buying this for a friend or a girlfriend?"
The small vendor on the right turned his head to the side, shaking his head and making faces while silently saying what Sister Yang said. After secretly making the mouth shape, he pouted his lips slightly, obviously jealous of her business.
Cheng Zhu smiled and glanced at Sister Yang, then replied, "It's a gift to my girlfriend."
"Okay, handsome guy, you're giving it to your girlfriend. Then I'll help you pick one?" Sister Yang asked.
"One is not enough, help me pick three." Cheng Zhu said with full energy.
The three aunts all thought in their hearts: "Huh?"
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(End of this chapter)
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